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“This is someone who does not play by the rules, so why should we be expected to as well?” said Coun. Scott Moffatt, the co-chair of the committee.
While Coun. Shawn Menard suggested the city should expropriate Somerset House as soon as possible, Moffatt said it shouldn’t be an option because the city would have to pay market value and assume the liability of a damaged heritage property.
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I agree totally with Moffatt on the first part but I think he's missing part of the picture with the second part. The City of Vancouver recently had a similar situation with their own local Shahrasebi-esque —, the Sahota family.
In November 2019 the city expropriated two Sahota family buildings for $1 each.
I would argue Shahrasebi is an even more egregious case than the Sahotas. We should do what Vancouver did and expropriate this building for $1.
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